New Assembly will make world aware about decisions taken against J-K: Omar Abdullah

Srinagar, Sep 05: National Conference (NC) vice president and former chief minister Omar Abdullah Thursday said that new legislative assembly will make world aware about decisions taken against Jammu and Kashmir in last five years.

He said that contesting elections from two segments depicts the power of National Conference, and asserted that candidates of NC and alliance partner Congress will emerge victorious in the upcoming Assembly elections in J&K.

“The contest from Budgam seat shows our power. NC is not weak. It is a proof of our power. Had there been any risk in fighting polls from Budgam, my party colleagues would not have recommended me to contest. There is a wave of NC in every nook and corner of J&K. Be it Baramulla, Srinagar or Anantnag NC is dominated everywhere. There will be a success for NC, and its alliance partner Congress,” Omar Abdullah told reporters in central Kashmir’s Budgam after filing nomination papers there.

On Wednesday the NC vice president filed his nomination papers from central Kashmir’s Ganderbal.

Responding to a query, the NC leader said we have already clarified in our manifesto that decisions taken against J&K in last five years would be taken to outside world to make people aware what Government of India did in last five years and how it snatched rights of the people of Jammu & Kashmir.

“Through Legislative Assembly the NC will make outside world aware about the decisions taken against J&K and its people in last five years,” Omar said.

He said the misgovernance, charges of corruption and other irregularities took place in last five-six years will be probed by the next government of J&K.

When asked how NC is seeing the contest, the NC vice president Omar Abdullah said “Constituencies have been reorganized, so elections will be different today. The BJP has got an edge during delimitation. There was a rumor that NC comes to power due to boycott, but I want to clear it that in recently held Lok Sabha polls no boycott happened, but still NC won 2 seats. Also today people are massively taking part in electoral process and we are hopeful that NC will emerge victorious in elections,” he said.

Omar said that restoration of rights snatched by New Delhi will be our prime task, and there will be challenges which we will have to face with firmness and belief.

“I want to say one thing today, this is the fight of respect, if a job is snatched, we can get it back, if contract is taken away, we can get other, there are many things, but if the dignity is taken and we could not get it, then the job, contract and all the other things are waste. If we have to fight. We need to get our identity after fighting with Delhi. There will be challenges,” Omar said.

He accused BJP of dividing votes in the region and added the voice of NC won’t be allowed to get weaker. “BJP will try to defeat and divide our votes. We will not let our voices become weak. We will give our all. We will answer to our insults from the Assembly,” he added. (With inputs from KNS)